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APPLICATION FILED MAY I3. I9II.

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HENRY W. IMIJIKE, OF PRINCETON, ILLINOIS.

RESILIENT WHEEL.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY W. IMMKE, citizen of the United States, residingv at Princeton, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Vvheels, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of rims for wheels of the class more particularly applicable to automobiles and bicycles.

The object of my invention is to provide a rim for automobiles and other wheels that will act as a substitute` for pneumatic or cushion tires and one that will aHord the greatest amount of resiliency and at the same time be inexpensive and durable. In carrying out this object I construct my rim in ytwo parts, one part forming the tread portion and the other part, of somewhat smaller diameter than the tread portion, forming the felly of the wheel. Between the felly and the tread portion I introduce a plurality of circumferentially extending spring mem-I spring members from entirely collapsing'- and thus lessen the probability of snapping or breaking same when an unforeseen strain is exerted thereon.

A further object of my invention is to provide for an independent horizontal move-- ment of the spring with relation to the tread.

Figure l illustrates in elevation a wheel embodying my invention, Fig. 2 illustrates a similar view showing the spring compressed as when carrying av load, Fig. 3 illustrates an enlarged detail of one of the spring members in operative position, Fig. 4 illustrates an enlarged detail .of a modilied form of one of the spring members attached.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views wherein' the numeral l denotes a wheel of the conventional type, to the rim of which is securely bolted the outer, rim 2. Arranged at convenient intervals between the outer rim 2 andthe tread 8, area plurality of circumferentially extending spring members' 4, the spring members are preferably bell shaped as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3' and 4. Cne end of the spring members isrigidly mounted Patented Apr. .4, 1916. v Application filed May` 13, 1911. Serial No. 626,935. i I i on the outer rim 2.of the wheel 1, the other ends of said members are adjustably mou-nted on the tread 3, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. ,This arrangement is to provide additional relief against any undue strain and.

at the same time to afford greater'facility of adjustment to varying weights imposed upon the wheel. Rubber knobs or bumpers T are provided and mounted on thestation ary end of the spring -l, for the obvious purpose of preventing the spring froln'collapsing under excessive weight or in case of sudden and violent impact of the VWheel against an uneven surface.

Having describedmy. invention that .which I claim and desire to protect by Lettens Patent is l A resilient -tire for vehicles, comprising a rim secured tothe rim of a wheel, a tread surrounding said rim, -a plurality ,ofv circumferentially extending spring members interposed between said rim and tread with one end lixed and the other end mounted for,

limited freedom of movement, ,the two ends of each spring being disposed substantially 'radially of the wheel and each spring'memberv being substantially U-shaped with the bends thereof all extending inthe same direction circumferentially of the -Wheeh and resilient bumpers retained by the securing means on the fixed ends of said springs, said bumpers extending radially toward the adjustably mounted'ends of said springs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. y

HENRY WQ IMMKE.

Witnesses:

PEARL LAFFEmY,

C. T. PAMI'. 

